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Not the dev, but our decisions are made based on what benefits the community as a whole. We aren't going to throw the community under the bus in the case one dude can't get his act together.

Not to mention, we have and do give people second chances (though this guy's on his 4th if you consider the verbal and official warnings leading up to his ban), as long as they actually show a proper willingness to change. He has shown no such thing.

If we could trust him to not do the same thing that got him warned and banned in the first place, we would unban him properly. Else, it doesn't really make a difference whether he's on the same or a different account.

As explained before, this was sent in regards to your first appeal request. I personally was torn on whether to entertain it out of curiosity, but I didn't even vote. Komi was actually the 4th option vote and he was also curious about what would happen.

None of that is really relevant anyways. While it's true the options presented were silly and lighthearted, you still had bothered the community enough to have 9 no votes and 1 joking yes vote aside from Komi. One member said they had even started reporting your account entirely, weeks before the ban, and I had personally received some concerning comments on my personal socials from a Dante hours after your ban. You made a net negative impact on the community and its people.

Regardless, I don't get the feeling that you're very remorseful or even serious about any supposed change. You've acknowledged you were annoying, but I feel that fails to capture the scope of your actions. Making threats to continue bothering us, trying to discount the evidence against you, and making moral arguments like saying everyone deserves second chances is not helping your case.

I'm not against the idea of unbanning people that have demonstrated remorse and a commitment to change, but I'm seeing none of that right now. You may try again another time when you can demonstrate substantial change, but I'm rejecting this one.

We dislike making bans purely because someone is being a nuisance, so we actually put a poll to the rest of the server when you made your first appeal. 

The result was overwhelmingly no, with the only yes votes made with the caveat "I'm honestly just curious to see what would happen" and a joking "However, I recently found a bag full of gold coins and a note (confidential), so now I think he needs to be returned."

Normally, I'm all for second chances for people who have demonstrated change, but I'm getting much of the same vibes as before, and am not confident in any change sticking.

For those confused, the game has been in development. Check the discord server for more details on that.

Also, this post is NOT a content update. HHG on Mac has been dead since the beginning of 0.1.2.3b, but Komi do not have access to Mac to test it himself.